US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Dix, NJ)

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REGIIVIE TAL HEADQUARTERS 60th I F RGT COL JOHN J DUBBELDE MAJ ALWIN J DARKOW Mai George H. Nesbe++ Cap+ Harvey E. Sweeney Is+ L+ Scribner J. Brown Is+ L+ Louis R. Deivlarco ls+ L+ Paul N. Dill ls+ L+ Dale W. Dye ls+ L+ Rober+ G. Hall Is+ L+ William B. Hensel ls+ L+ AI+onso J. Iaderosa Is+ L+ Rober+ 'E. Lynch Is+ L+ Louis J. MaruIIo Is+ L+ James M. Rober+son Is+ L+ Francis A. San+angeIo ls+ L+ Augus+ P. Silberisen Is+ L+ RoIoer+ E. Snider

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This successTul acTion by The 60Th caused The Germans To wiThdraw Their arTillery supporT on Troiana, General Bradley sTaTed This movemenT by The 60Th was insTru- menTal in The deTeaT oT The enemy holding Troiana. On 20 AugusT, General Eisenhower announced ThaT The Island oT Sicily was Tree oT The enemy. The 60Th deparTed The shores oT Sicily II November I943, arriving in England 25 November I943, where iT engaged in inTensive Training near WinchesTer unTil iT sailed in June I944 Tor France. As parT oT The 9Th Division, The 6OTh, aTTer landing aT UTah Beach, helped clear up The CoTenTin Peninsula. ATTer I8 days in The TronT lines The 60Th moved souTh To Les Pieux Tor a brieT resT. OuT oT This acTion, one oT The ouTsTanding hero's oT The 60Th, was posThurnousIy awarded The Congressional Medal oT I-Ionor, LT Jack BuTTs, PIaToon Leader, E Company. WiTh indomi+abIe spiriT and a Tierce deTerminaTion To lead his men, LT BuTTs reTused medical aid aTTer being wounded on The I4Th and again on The l6Th oT June. I-Ie conTinued TighTing and leading his pIaToon unTil one week laTer, when he was sTruck down by enemy machine gun Tire. DeTermined To The lasT, LT BuTTs holding his sTomach TogeTher, goT up and made a lone TronTaI assualT Tocusing all The enemy aTTenTion To himseIT. When only I0 yards Trom The enemy TorTiTicaTion LT BuTTs was again machine gunned. I-Ie rose no more, buT his acTions noT only saved his pIaToon buT made iT possible Tor Them To desTroy The posiTion. Such are The TighTing men oT The 60Th. The 60Th conTinued To build iTs repuTaTion as a combaT RegimenT in all The resT oT The European campaigns, righT down To The lasT shoT Tired aT OOOI, 9 May I945. Honors Tor The campaigns in which The 60Th has par- TicipaTed in are: W.W. I-Alsace Lorraine-ST. Mihiel and Meuse- Argonne. W.W. II--Tunisia, Algeria-French Morocco, Sicily, Normandy, NorThern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhine- land, and CenTral Europe. Following uniTs have received DisTinguished UniT STreamers: 2nd BaTTaIion-Sedjenane Valley, ST. Colombe, Schwam- mauel Damm. B Company-Germany. Medical DeTachmenT-3d Bn-BlaimonT Belgium. Following uniTs have received MeriTorious UniT STream- ers: Service Company-European TheaTre. Medical DeTachmenT-6OTh InT-European TheaTre. The RegimenT has The Tollowing decoraTions: STreamer, French Croix de Guerre-wiTh palm embroid- ered CoTenin Peninsula. STreamer, Belgian Croix de Guerre--embroidered Meuse River. STreamer, Belgian Croix de Guerre-embroidered Ar- dennes. Fourragere oT The Belgian Croix de Guerre. AssaulT landing crediT Tor NorTh ATrica. Commanding OT-Ticers oT The 60Th InTanTry RegimenT, pasT and presenT, in order oT Their command: Colonel Frank B. I-Iawkins, Colonel Frank C. Mahin lThe laTe Mai Generali, Colonel William I-I. Wilbur, Colonel Frederick J. DeRohan, Colonel I-Ialley, Colonel Louis S. STickney, LT Colonel William Law, and our presenT commander, Colonel John J. Dubbelde, Jr. PEACE TIME The 60Th was inacTivaTecl on 30 November 1946, only To be reacTivaTed here aT ForT Dix on I5 July I947. Since ThaT Time To The presenT The 60Th InTanTry UniTs have Trained a ToTal oT 25,000 men. The prowess oT The 60Th InTanTry Go-Devils on The aThleTic Tield has carried Them To The Top, as wiTnessed by The presenTaTion oT The Commanding General's Trophy Tor aThIeTics Tor Two successive years. FirsT place in The Tollowing sporTs in I948: Swimming, Boxing, Tennis, Volleyball, and I-Iorseshoes. I949: Boxing, Tennis, and Volleyball. This RegimenT is iusTIy proud oT iTs TradiTions and achievemenTs, boTh in CombaT and Peace Time.

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HEADQUARTERS COIVIPA Y 60th I F. REGT Cap+ SFC MfSg+ Morgan D. Griffilhs Richard W. Vogan Joseph S. Marlin SFC SFC MfSg+ MfSg+ MfSg+ Cpl Roland C. Delorme Alberi F. Ross Michael M. Cosla John Kearney Francis McKiernan William E. Shaver